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An Internet Wagering Dictionary

[ English ]

Even though the actuality that online gambling is now a many billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new players world-wide sign up daily to bet at web gambling halls, there are additionally millions of newcomers to the environment of online betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the terminology used in web wagering, and betting on sports in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and policies of gambling:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is created for the wagerers with remaining money.

ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the identical contest.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified sum of chips into the pot beforeeach hand begins.

BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the least sum of money required to enter a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already carried out wager.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to place a wager equal to but converse of the starting wager.

COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the player has established her point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to ascertain a number, or the initial toss after a point has been ascertained.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the spots on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the first two races of the night.

DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of three groups of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, indicating to gamble on a team or player to succeed or medal in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same number as bet, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a match will complete the race in the exact same order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.